#AAB4AE#AAB4AE

#AAB4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.014 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB4AE
RGB	rgb(170, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(144, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(144, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -4.63, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 4.99, 158.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0131 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.014 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5373, 44.2442, 46.4405)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB4AE #B4AAB0

analogous

#ABB4AA #AAB4AE #AAB4B3

triadic

#AAB4AE #AEAAB4 #B4AEAA

tetradic

#AAB4AE #AAABB4 #B4AAB0 #B4B3AA

square

#AAB4AE #AAABB4 #B4AAB0 #B4B3AA

split-complementary

#AAB4AE #B3AAB4 #B4AAAB

monochromatic

#6B7970 #89978F #AAB4AE #CBD1CD #EBEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AAB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#AAB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB4AE

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB4AE	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.014 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cac6',
    500: '#aab4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab4ae;
$custom-light: #c3cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76027,
    "c": 0.01399,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB4AE

secondary

#DEDBDD

accent

#557990

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB4AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →